Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"So you were knocked down in front of the loading dock last night, and Kidd escaped with a dagger?"

There were still about three hours until dawn. After failing to stop Kid from stealing, the three teenagers were dropped off at the hotel by Ginzo Nakamori.

The two girls in the room had obviously fallen asleep long ago, so the three of them sat in the living room, using a small lamp to eat the lunch boxes they had brought back from Fu Jiang's house.

"It's really shameful that Kidd didn't organize and packed a lunch box back."

"That's a nice thing to say." Yuji picked up a piece of pork chop and took a bite, then glared at Conan: "Why are you holding the pork chop so tightly?"

The two high school guys said it was too shameful when the boy asked for his lunch box, but after the car left Fu Jiang's house, they pointed at the bag and started to divide the lunch box.

"And Heiji-senpai, you're even more outrageous. You actually said you don't want to eat boxed lunches."

The Osaka boy with his mouth full of rice raised his head, swallowed the food with force, and said righteously: "What I eat is not a box lunch, but a reward for justice."

"How shameless." Yuji shook his head: "So after you confronted that guy, did you find out why he wanted to steal the knife?"

Shaking his head, Hattori Heiji slowed down his chopsticks, thinking and analyzing: "That guy is undoubtedly collecting knives of the same type. He has an orange one in his hand."

The blue dagger that was not stolen is still kept in the safe of the Axe family. After being knocked unconscious by Kidd with an anesthetic needle, Hattori Heiji held on to the blue dagger tightly. Unexpectedly, the guy did not take it away by force.

"It should have been a good opportunity. He could have taken the knife. Why did he only take one?"

"So after all this fuss, we still have to start with his motives." Conan continued Hattori Heiji's words and turned to his brother: "Can't you just ask him what he wants to do?"

"Why would I have to wait for you to tell me if I could ask you? Isn't it impossible to get through to him?"

The boy threw the leftover box into the trash can, took out three cans of coffee from under the coffee table, took a sip, and prepared to take a shower and go to bed.

"Wait, Yuuji." Hattori Heiji held the boy's shoulder: "I have a question to ask you, why do so many people know that I want to confess?" "Oh, is your confidentiality work so bad, Heiji-senpai." Yuuji shook his finger: "That won't do. If you don't keep it secret before doing something, it will most likely not succeed."

The boy pointed out Hattori Heiji's mistakes as a matter of course, and received unanimous approval from the two high school students in front of him.

"That makes sense, but the problem is..." Hattori Heiji broke his chopsticks: "Except for you and Ko... Conan, I haven't told anyone else!"

"Ok?"

Yuji frowned and looked at Conan with a lecturing look: "That won't do. I don't remember your parents teaching you to be someone who leaks other people's secrets everywhere."

"Asshole, you want to put the blame on me?!" Conan jumped off the sofa and kicked his brother's leg.

"It's really not you two?"

Hattori Heiji looked at the Kudo brothers suspiciously, but not seeing any flaws, he snorted, picked up his clothes and went to the bathroom.

"I really didn't tell anyone except Ai, Sister Akiko, Professor Agasa and his wife, and Hiroki..."

"I didn't tell anyone except the kids in the Junior Detective League and my parents..."

The two brothers paused and slowly looked at each other.

"Did you tell Mom?"

"You actually told Hiroki?"

(End of this chapter)